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Crossroads Academy students talk about their chance to make a better world

May 24, 2018

Crossroads Academy high school students plan to travel to the Global Solutions Lab next month and share ideas for solving some of the world's most pressing issues at the United Nations in New York City.

Rachelle “Shelley” Shannon, an Oregon anti-abortion activist who shot and wounded Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller in 1993, has been released from prison. News of Shannon’s release has abortion-rights advocates on alert.

The Whole Foods Market near the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus will open on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at 301 E. 51st Street. "The Fountain Room" that occupies one corner of the store will be a combination coffee bar and tap room.

Missouri Governor Eric Greitens Attorney Jack Garvey speaks to reporters after Tuesday’s court hearing in St. Louis on the governor’s computer tampering charge. An indictment has yet to filed in the case.

Members of the community gathered for a vigil to honor the victims of Friday's shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas. A 17-year-old student armed with a shotgun and a pistol opened fire, killing 10 people, most of them students, authorities said.